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Elegant and refined, Indigo aims to be the new benchmark for the Motorhome category thanks to its design and cutting edge furnishing solutions. The front is impressive and aggressive, with tapered and streamlined shapes, brought out by the structure around the windshield and elegant grille. The position of lights, positioned on the front wheel arches, gives the vehicle a sly “look”. It is truly striking at first glance.
Boavista: the easternmost of ten islands shaped by the fire of ancient volcanoes, in the endless expanse of the central Atlantic, off the Senegalese coast. A land with unique suggestions, a crossroads of routes and cultures, a dialogue of primary elements: the sun, the wind and the ocean.
Here, time slows down and makes room for well-being; here, virgin nature allows architecture only measured and wise gestures.
This is how we imagined The Lagoon Residence.
The project was developed with a marked attention to details and raw materials, sewing luxurious seafront villas which satisfy modern needs for relaxation and privacy.
The villas, with swimming pool and private garden, integrate perfectly with the surrounding landscape; their large spaces maximize comfort. The fresh and relaxing style is an invitation to relax, but also to go out, put your feet up in the fine sand and enjoy the wonder of the sea of Boavista.
The location is unique on the island. The villas of Lagoon are conveniently located, between charm and modernity. In fact, they blend harmoniously with the dreamy paradisiacal atmosphere of Estoril beach, which they overlook.
The 2020 edition of Genoa International Boat Show has been the main occasion, for worldwide protagonists of yachting industry, to bring on an exclusive stage their new models: this happened in a difficult historical context, witnessing the cancelation of other prestigious exhibitions.
In this decisive situation, TT460, designed by Christian Grande for Invictus Yacht, has been appointed with the Design Innovation Award 2020 for Motor Boats between 10 and 24 meters.
A magnificent debut, resigning it t the attention of public and experts, besides consecrating as a classic the neat and muscular lines that Christian Grande has chosen for Invictus Yacht range, since the first GT280 in 2016.
Anticipating trends by rediscovering the past
Set in the heart of the Emilia Romagna region, the Grand Hotel Castrocaro is a magical building that rises inside a vast, century-old park. Nature is queen in this oasis with majestic centennial sequoias, Himalayan cedars, flowers and medicinal plants dating back to the beginning of the 20th century.
The Grand Hotel Castrocaro has opened its doors again last year, after extensive renovations designed by Christian Grande, who can once again display (and prove) how eclectic he can be.
Christian Grande has succeeded in recreating the hotel’s Art Deco style without distorting it – he has given it a modern and current interpretation, actually foreseeing the present trends.
Redesigning the interiors of the Grand Hotel & SPA Terme [thermal baths] of Castrocaro was a learning process before turning into a project.
“The Italian word ‘progettare’ means, above all, ‘to throw forward’ an idea, an intention, a sign, which can give shape to what is the matrix and substance of architecture: the spaces we live in,” explains Christian Grande. “The matter we wanted to shape and order is not inanimate; on the contrary, it is full of strength and memory, it knows of a past that does not want to be forgotten. For us, the past is not just a legacy, it is tradition. This is the groove we wanted to lay our work in.”
The composition sequence crosses right through the Grand Hotel building, from the common areas on the ground floor (with the impressive Piacentini restaurant hall and the large buffet in the middle, designed to be a modern interpretation of the broad, precise Deco curves) right through to the main staircase, characterised by the discreet elegance of Marquina black. It touches the rooms on the first and second floors (in which work was limited to the colours of the plaster and drapery and to some of the furniture). It finally culminates in the suites on the third and fourth floors, in which classic materials such as serpentine marble and brass-coated metal elements interact with sinuous shapes, reflections and details with marked nuances.
The theme continues in the main part of the building that houses, among other things, the old thermal baths, which required extensive work. The SPA is vibrant with the dark green shades of serpentine marble with split-face finish. It expands into a system of half-lit spaces – a metaphor for caves that tunnel deeper and deeper in search of miraculous water, until they are invaded by it. The traditional Pecchioli tiles, which cover the niches at the end of the corridor, recall the building’s original tiles and bring back the squeaky voice of Deco style to the silent rooms. The bottom of the swimming pool is brightened by shimmering reflections bouncing off the mosaic tiles.
“On the first and second floors, other rooms and suites display their new style with pale tones and furniture items designed to be unique, specifying the idea of luxury that is brightness and freshness above all,” continues Christian Grande. “On the terrace, an exclusive lounge bar develops among water fountains and drapes that recreate the intense orange colour of the original setting. Only a few significant elements, adjusted in the broad range of all possible nuances; a clear, well-cadenced configuration, arranged for passing a special baton to the future – the baton of a history of well-being, hospitality, excellence, beauty.”
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